The voting was stopped twice, at 1.30 pm and 1.45 pm by the polling staff, but was resumed on both occasions. Rumours of booth capturing made the rounds the whole day. That the police helped the ruling party rather than controlling the situation. The police was present in large numbers but SAD workers alleged Local Congress leaders also claimed that their workers were beaten up. The Akali MLA from Samana, Mr Surjit Singh Rakhra, alleged that Congress workers took law into hands and used non-democratic means to cast votes. He boycotted polling and staged a dharna on the Patiala-Sirhind road, leading to a traffic blockade.Īmid allegations of bogus voting, workers of the two parties resorted to hooliganism and sloganeering. Mr Sandhu levelled allegations of booth capturing and bogus voting in the afternoon against Mr Punia. The Congress candidate, Mr Gurdev Singh Punia, won by over 1,200 votes, defeating the Akali candidate, Mr Sandeep Singh Sandhu, who polled 1,000 votes. At least six Akali workers were injured, one of them seriously, as workers of the ruling Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal clashed during the bypoll at ward No 9 of the Municipal Corporation, Patiala, today.
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